Job summary
An exciting opportunity has risen for enthusiastic and motivated individuals to join our Reactive Emergency Assessment Community Team (REACT) as a Senior Registered Nurse. The REACT team is a multi-disciplinary integrated community service within ESNEFT incorporating OPAT (Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotics Therapy), OOHs (Out of Hours) and Virtual Ward pathways patients.
Our team delivers excellent patient focused care to patients in the East Suffolk community. Could you be a valued key member of our team? We will offer an individually tailored induction, training and support for you.
The role involves travelling throughout East Suffolk delivering acute care in patient's home as a part of REACT nursing team, both during core hours and out of hours. You will be working in an internal rotation. You will be expected to work 11-11 triage shifts with some early, late and night shifts including weekends and bank holidays as the service requires. During out of hours between 18:00-8:00 the Nurse will be accompanied with a Health Care Assistant.
Pool cars are accessible for staff to use and it is essential that you have a valid driving licence.
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Main duties of the job
In this role, during the core hours, teams' main responsibilities include working in partnership with the OPAT (Outpatient Parental Antibiotic Therapy) to administer intravenous antibiotics via PICC line or cannula for patients receiving antibiotics in community. Core hours will also include assessment and delivery of care to patients in crisis to allow admission prevention. During the out hours main responsibilities include routine and emergency response to wound care, catheter care for all types of catheters, diabetic care, End of Life care, Anticoagulant medication, Pressure Area care, Venepuncture and Sub cut Fluids in order to ensure 24 hours Nursing care cover in community. You would be liaising with District nursing service to ensure continuity of care and another community services where needed.
The role will also include being the shifts team lead, triaging and co-ordinating case load, scheduling visits, carrying out appraisals and clinical supervision for more junior staff. Part of this role is also to support senior management in daily running of the team and promoting change. The successful applicant should be motivated, flexible and committed to working in a changing environment.
We are committed to supporting you in your professional development ensuring you have opportunities to attend appropriate training to support you to reach your potential.
About us
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester & Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes. We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff & patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff & patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you. Find out about living & working here www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A
Job description
Job responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
If you are interest in this post, we would like to offer you an opportunity to shadow a team member to meet the team and gain insight to this role. Please call REACT office for further information or in order to arrange shadow shift. Tel: 01473 935360
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience leading teams.
- Clinical expertise
- Coaching/Mentoring
- Managing change
- Previous acute, primary care or community experience
- Triage experience
Desirable
- Previous experience at Band 6
- Evidence of involvement in research and audit
- Evidence of teaching/assessing
- Interviewing recruitment skills
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse First Level
- Post registration qualification relevant to area up to post graduate diploma level
- Student assessor
Desirable
- Nursing / Management degree
- NVQ assessors qualification
- Leadership modules/ course undertaken
Knowledge
Essential
- Sound evidence of clinical ability
- IT skills
- Good knowledge and understanding of diabetes management
- Good knowledge and understanding of End of Life Care (EOL)/ management
Desirable
- Sickness absence management
- Knowledge of the different teams/ services within REACT
- Knowledge and understanding of the 2 hour urgent community response (UCR)
- Knowledge of community databases such as SystmOne and EVOLVE
- Able to request and translate blood results
Skills
Essential
- Leadership
- Good organisational skills
- IV Competencies- as there will be times where you will be expected to deliver IV antibiotics as part of your role
- Ability to drive confidently in all weathers and on all roads due to the large geographical area across East Suffolk (including Ipswich) the service covers.
- Must be competent in the following clinical skills: -Catheterisation -Diabetes care -Medicine administration -Venepuncture -Taking and recording observations
Desirable
- Ability to teach
- Management of drains
- Cannulation
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Constantine House
Constantine Road
Ipswich
IP1 2DH